r/FilmPreservationists

The National Film Preservation Foundation hired me to score 2 rare silents for National Silent Movie Day, and the films were posted yesterday on their online Screening Room. These films are not on Blu-ray or DVD and are new editions from archival 35mm.

William Powell in MY LADY'S LIPS (1925)
https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/my-lady-s-lips

Charles Ray in PARIS GREEN (1920)
Charles Ray in PARIS GREEN (1920)
https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/paris-green-1920 

Hi! I’m researching a very obscure Venezuelan Super-8 film from 1977 that appears to be difficult or impossible to watch today.

The film is titled:

Por qué la novia del coronel se fue con el pirata y regresó a Cumboto para entregarse a Juan ran ran ran ran rataplán esa historia del mar de la luna solo la sabe el tucán

Known information:

• Director: Temístocles López
• Country: Venezuela
• Year: 1977
• Format: Super-8
• Runtime: approximately 35 minutes

This is not an unidentified film. I have found multiple independent references documenting its existence, including filmographies and material concerning the Venezuelan Super-8 movement of the 1970s.

However, I have not been able to locate a publicly accessible copy, digitization, screening, or archive scan of the film.

I am particularly interested in finding out whether a copy may survive in:

• the Venezuelan Cinematheque / national film archives;
• a Venezuelan Super-8 collection;
• a private collection;
• an archive or library;
• or the personal/professional archive of someone involved with the film.

I am not asking for a pirated copy. I am trying to determine the current archival status of the film and whether it can still be viewed legally.

¿Alguien de Venezuela o interesado en el cine venezolano de los años 70 reconoce esta película o sabe algo sobre dónde se conserva?

Even a small piece of information about its history or current whereabouts would be very helpful.

I would especially appreciate information from people familiar with Venezuelan experimental cinema or the Super-8 movement.

This Documentary film is from Director Andy Anderson [Learning Curve - Also known as Detention, Positive I.D., & Ritual (Short)]

This film has never been made accessible to the public before now (Previously only viewable under specific circumstances with specific events/colleges).

"This documentary tells about crimes in Fort Worth, Texas during two months in 1994. While driving by locations near or similar the crime scenes, police reports about the crimes are read. There are pratically no people shown in the whole film, but we get a cross-section of typical promlems in the society of the USA."